- secret - not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
- clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
Antonyms: overt, open (indirect, via covert)
- unavowed, secret - not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
Antonym: acknowledged (indirect, via unacknowledged)
- secret - communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
Antonyms: overt, open (indirect, via covert)
- secret, private - not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
Antonym: outward (indirect, via inward)
- hidden, secret - designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
- privy, secluded, secret - hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
Antonym: public (indirect, via private)
- closet, confidential, secret - (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
Antonym: public (indirect, via private)
- closet, secret - indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"
Antonyms: overt, open (indirect, via covert)
- mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic - having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
Antonym: exoteric (indirect, via esoteric)
- secret - the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Antonym: unclassified (indirect, via classified)
- secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
--1 is a kind of information, info
--1 has particulars: confidence; open secret; trade secret- secret, arcanum - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
--2 is a kind of information, info
--2 has particulars:esoterica; cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; password, watchword, word, parole, countersign - mystery, enigma, secret, closed book - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
--3 is a kind of perplexity
- secret, arcanum - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"